St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-09
THE BISMARCK BUDGET.
A Queer Intermingling of 0bstinacy,
Sympathy and Justice in the
District Court.
The Judge Keeps the Jury Out Four
Days and Then 0ongratu-
lates It.
Huge Masses of Ice on the Lowlands
Reminders of the Big Mud
dy'S Flood.
Fears of Sand Storm--On the
River--The Farmers
AStfr.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK, April Proceedings in the
district court the past week have been
made somewhat interesting by notable con-
tests between the judge and justice on one
side and the consciences ard sympathes Of
jurymen on the other. In one criminal
trial the judges side was yanquished-an
obstinate jury majority being converted to
doubt and mercy by the persistency of the
lninority-and so completely was his honor
subdued that after keeping another jury out
four days he felt impelied to express his
qualification that both majority and minor
itY had formed their opinions so firmly that
neither could be turned. Mike Ferrels ac-
quittal, although the evidence was not di-
rect and complete, was undoubtedly due to
| a sympathetic belief that the old man could
not have maliciously intended to commit
the crime with which he was charged-the
manning Of trespassng COW SO that the
animal had to be killed In the Baker
Olson poisoning case the disagreement of
the jury is to be attributed to the unwill-
IngnesS OF majority to bring in verdict
which would necessarily be followed by III
death penalty on crcumstantial evidenc
High masses and
GREAT FIELDS OF ICE
along the river shores and on bars and 10
lands are remainderS of the recent flood
the Missouri. The muddy stream is no
within its banks, at a good boating stage
| about twenty feet below the flood height
Another remainder of the flood is the de-
post of clay and sand it left over the over
flowed country. The Bismarck meadows
are covered six inches to foot deep with
clay and sand mixed where eddies or
still water prevailed. and with fine white
sand where the current was swift. To-day
the ripple marks of the water are being re-
moved from the deposit by strong wind
from the southwest, and flying cloud of
sand, looking like a low-lying fog on which
morning sun is shining, causes old-timers
to prOphesy that when the summer sun has
thoroughly dried the sand and southery
winds prevail we shall have sandstormS in
Bismarck which will remind all who expe-
rence them of the familiar picture in old
time Biographies of camel train in
storm on the great African desert. The
railroad track leading to the river landing
has been cleared of ice and dug out of the
clay which covered ties, rails and switches
foot or more. Between the track and the
high land the ice
COVERS THE EARTH
from sight. Great pieces are piled over
each other, blackened by mud and melting
into strange shapes and tottering piles. The
large transfer house is being moved back to
its place by sections. The three boats left
on the ways are being put i'll good order
and will soon be atioat again. The Gen.
Terry has been launched and will be the
| next to be loaded. The Rosebud left for
Fort Benton Wednesday with about three
hundred ard twenty-five tons. mostly mer-
chandise, but partly of agency goods and
partly of supplies for the contractors on the
Manitoba railroad. The Helena is being
loaded to-day and will steam up river Sun
Gay morning. The transfer of freight is
made direct from the cars to the boats, and
is made as fast as possible under the cir
cumstances. OF thirty-eight freight handlers
lwho came here from the East a few days
ago to work on the landing, thirty-two were,
recognized to be Knights of Labor. Farm
ers who were unable to pillow last fall be-
cause of the ground being dry are busy
blowing this week. Some have begun
seeding, and all will be putting in grain next
week if the present warm weather contin--
hes